Hunter 19 restoration
When friends of mine, who were keelboat racers, successfully restored a Hunter 19 cruiser and changed the rig I was impressed. If they could do it, maybe I could too – it seemed they’d started a trend.
It began at the 2004 Squib Nationals when a couple of ex-Squib champions took pity on a Hunter 19 that was languishing at the back of Holyhead Boatyard. They bought the yacht and took it back to the East Coast. They restored it with a new interior and put a Squib rig on it before taking it cruising.
At a more recent Squib Championships in Holyhead there was a layday due to strong winds and, during a discussion at the bar, it transpired that another unloved H19 was on a trailer
